Visa on arrival

Tanzania visa for citizens of the DR Congo

Citizens of the DR Congo get a Tanzania visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of the DR Congo: the passport opens 16 countries visa-free; Kinshasa — Dodoma: ≈ 2,270 km, about 3.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

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Can I travel to Tanzania without a visa on a DR Congo passport?

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of the DR Congo get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Tanzania visa rules at a glance

With a DR Congo passport you can visit 16 countries visa-free, 23 with a visa on arrival and 50 with an e-visa; 109 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the DR Congo passport ranks 180th of 199.
DR Congo passport: visa-free access to 16 countries; Tanzania passport: 42.
Citizens of the DR Congo and Tanzania can travel together visa-free to 16 countries, for example: Burundi, Rwanda, Benin, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Gambia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Singapore, Haiti, and Philippines.
A language both countries share: Swahili.
DR Congo and Tanzania share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Citizens of Tanzania, in turn, get a visa on arrival in the DR Congo. DR Congo visa for citizens of Tanzania

Travelling to Tanzania: good to know

Kinshasa — Dodoma: about 2,270 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 3.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +2 hours.
Local time: Kinshasa 12:00 — Dodoma 14:00.
Local currency: Tanzanian Shilling.
Languages: English and Swahili.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ TZS 2,645.
Tanzania is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the DR Congo.